Choose the HP usb option ( if it is a usb scanner, of course)
The wierd App/socket options are for network printers.
Choose an appropriate driver.
If it is a PSC 1315, choose the 1310 driver

Code:

emerge sane-backend

Code:

emerge xsane

add user to the scanner group.
run xsane and make sure that it finds the scanner.
running it as root is not a good idea, but I have read that you may have to temporarily do this if your udev permissions are fouled up. Fix the permissions asap and go to running it as a user.

Code:

emerge kooka

( much nicer than xsane)
do

Code:

sane-find-scanner -q

and make sure that your scanner is found
now do

Code:

scanimage -L

if scanimage -L has no device, make sure that you deleted hpijs and emerged hplip, as described above.
DO NOT USE hpijs if you want the scanner to work

I hope it works for you.

Last edited by rambam on Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:16 pm; edited 1 time in total

Oh and make sure that the scanner is on while running xsane or kooka.
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